Books published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Examines the pivotal role of dance in the Italian operas of Handel, perhaps the greatest opera composer between Monteverdi and Mozart.

The difficult and sensitive issue of how museums and other repositories should treat human remains in their possession is here addressed through a number of important case studies.

Critical Thinking in Slovakia after Socialism interrogates the putative relationship between critical thought and society through an ethnographic study of civic discourse in post-1989 Slovakia.

A study of the cultural mechanisms in early modern Spain that led to the translation, imitation and selective adoption of the values embodied by the Italian Renaissance.

Shows how the system of supply was perfected during the later part of the Napoleonic Wars, enabling fleets to stay at sea on a permanent basis.

Explores the diversity of thought and action in women's involvement in 19th-century reform movements.

Offers an examination of ancient, modern, and contemporary political theories and practices in order to develop a more expansive way of conceptualizing memory, how political power influences the presence of the past, and memory'songoing impact on democratic horizons.

An examination of the mid-seventeenth century maritime battles between Ireland, England, and Scotland, showing them to have had a dramatic impact on the overall conflict.

An indispensable study of nineteenth-century German music, history and nationalism.

Presents rich detail on captains' duties and everyday lives.

An overview of the East India Company's policy towards religion throughout its period of rule in India.

This book refutes the notion that British composers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century lacked literary credentials.

The renowned American composer George Rochberg (1918-2005) distilled a lifetime of insights about Western music across some three hundred years in A Dance of Polar Opposites: The Continuing Transformation of Our Musical Language.

First full-length treatment of the Trojan legend in medieval Scottish literature, showing the various uses for, and the ways in, which it was deployed.

New essays on the monastic life in the later middle ages show that far from being in decline, it remained rich and vibrant.

The writings of two influential Elizabethan thinkers testify to the influence of Old English law and literature on Tudor society and self-image.

Shows how the development of the militia in eighteenth century Ireland was closely bound with politics and the changing nature of the Protestant Ascendancy.

Explores business development in the Black power era and the centrality of economic goals to the larger black freedom movement.

The first book in English on the German Gothic in over thirty years, consisting of new essays investigating the internationality of the Gothic mode.

The book offers unprecedented access to primary sources that have been unavailable in English, or which lay unknown on archival shelves. Music and Soviet Power offers cultural history told through documents - both colourful and representative - with an extensive commentary and annotation throughout.

Considers naval leadership and management very widely, moving beyond a focus on leading admirals.